Receptacle.



O. J. WEEKS.

RBGEPTAGLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1909.

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UNITED PATENT O. FLO.

' OSCAR. JOHN-WEEKS, on NEW YORK, N. 'Y.

; REOEPTAGLE.

To all whom .it may concern:

'Be it knownjthat'l, Oscan J. Wnnxsa citizen. of the United: States, anda resident of the city of New-York, boroughof Mam hattan, in .thecountyand .State of New York, have invented a new. and. ImprovedReceptacle, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact.description.

This invention relates to receptacles or carriers for ice cream,oysters; liquids or the like, and more particularly toa receptaclecomprising. aninner and an. outer vessel, the inner oneof which receivesthe ice cream or othersubstance-to be preserved therein, and

the outer one which receives the iceorother preserving substance, thevessels being preferably tapered or otherwise so. formed that thecontents thereof can be easily introduced and removed.

More particularly, the invention relates to a receptacle for ice creamand thelike, fash ioned 1 from heavy paper, cardboard .and othersuitable material, and formed of blanks folded and glued, cemented orotherwise secured. together, and having vessels connected. at oneextremity, the outer vessel being provided with a removable. end wallvat the'other extremity.

.An object of the-invention is to provide a simple, strong and durablereceptacle or carrier for ice cream and the like,-which can beconstructed so cheaply that the retailer can, ifhe sodesire, give itaway with his wares, bymeans of. which the ice cream. or other contentsof the receptacle can be transported for long distances or can be keptfor comparativelylong periods without injury, and which is so designedthat anumber of the receptacles can be piled together ornested in asmall space when the :end walls of the outer receptacles have beenremoved.

. A further object ofthe invention is to pro vide a receptacle of theclass described, in which the inner vessel receives the substance to bepreserved and is entirely surrounded by the outer vesselwhich receivesthe refrigerant or thelike, in which the closures of the vessels fit soclosely and are of such form that leakage from the vesselsis practicallyobviated, and in which the vessels are preferably oppositely. tapered sothat the contents thereof can be introduced and removed without.difliculty.

The invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts, tobe more fully Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 28, 11909.

Patented"Aug. 2,1910.

Serial No. 514,112.

cation in which similar characters of refer-,

enceindicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figurelis a longitudinal section of an embodiment of: my invention; Fig. 2' isa horizontal section on theline 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a'plan viewshowing certain of the blanks from'which the receptacle is formed; Fig.4 is a similar view. showing another-of the blanks; Fig. 5 is aperspective view showing part of a hookused in assembling the parts ofthe receptacle; Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing amodifiedform ofthe device; and Fig. 7 is a plan view of a blank used toform the closure for the inner vessel.

Before proceeding with a more detailed explanation of my invention, itshould' be understood that the forms of the receptacle shown in thepresent application constitute improvements upon the receptacle shown inmy United States Patent No. 924,205, dated June 8, 1909. .Like thedevice there disclosed, the herein described receptacle is particularlyuseful for carrying and preserving 1ce cream and the like but it canalso be advantageously employedfor transporting and storing othersubstances, preferably. food stuffs or the like, which are of aperishable nature, and which. are customarily preserved by means of arefrigerant such as'a mixture of ice and salt. 1 The manufacturers of mecream and similar food stuffs usually retail their wares and deliverthem to thelr customers 1n cans or other vessels arranged in woodenbuckets, partly ion the receptaclefrom heavypaper, cardboard or thelike, paraiiined or otherwise rendered substantially impervious tomoisture. I find it essential for the successful practical utilizationof a receptacle of this type to have it so formed that a number ofreceptacles can be nested or otherwise assembled in a comparativelysmall space for shipping and storing the receptacles. To accomplish thispurpose the present type of my invention has a removable end wall orbottom, which can be removed with little difficulty, so that a largenumber of the receptacles can be nested, that is, telescoped one withthe other in a comparatively small space, the tapered form of thereceptacle of course facilitating this procedure. The removable bottomor end is preferably fashioned from sheet metal, and a metal hoop, aswill appear more clearly hereinafter, is used for retaining it inposition.

I have found it preferable to fashion the inner vessel of the receptacleof substantially rectangular cross section, that is, similar to theinner vessel of the receptacle shown in my Patent No. 924,205, and tohave the outer vessel of circular cross section to permit the removableend to be of circular form and at the same time to permit the employmentof a circular, that is, of an annular hoop. The inner vessel isfashioned by suitably bending, folding and securing two blanks ofsimilar and symmetrical form which are arranged transversely with oneanother and at substantially right angles as is the case with the othertype of receptacle. The outer vessel in the present form, however, isfashioned from a separate blank, to which are secured portions of thefirst mentioned blanks, these portions constituting a connecting endbetween the inner and outer vessels. The inner vessel has one end openand provided with a suitable cover or lid fashioned from a separateblank. The removable end constitutes a closure for the outer vessel.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A represents the outervessel of the receptacle, which is tapered and of substantially circularcross section. It is fashioned from a suitably formed blank 9, shown inFig. 4, which is rolled into the form of a truncated cone and gluedalong the elemental edge 8 in the customary manner. The inner vessel Bis connected with the outer vessel A by the integral end wall or bottomA and is tapered oppositely to the outer vessel. The inner vessel B isformed from two elongated blanks C of similar and symmetrical form. Eachof the blanks C has a central portion 10, the opposite sides of whichare parallel and which are in contact when the blanks are placed inposition to be folded to form the receptacle, as is shown most clearlyin Fig. 8. The superposition of one blank upon the other, with oneportion 10 upon the corresponding portion 10, provides a double end orbottom B for the inner vessel B. Each of the blanks has the portion 10extended at opposite ends to form outwardly tapered sections 11, whichform the opposite side walls of the inner vessel B. The sections 11 atthe side edges have elongated flaps 12 formed by crease lines 13, topermit the flaps to be easily folded in forming the receptacle. Theportion 10 of the blank is demarked from the section 11 by suitablecrease lines 14. At the outer ends of the sections 11 of one of theblanks C are laterally extended sections 15 demarked by crease lines 16and lines of severance 17, the latter forming parts of the edges of theflaps 12. The sections 15 have the outer edges curved so that they aresubstantially semi-circular in form. The other of the blanks C at theouter ends of the sections 11 has extended sections 18, the outer edgesof which are curved and which are demarked by crease lines 19 and linesof severance 20. The latter are continuations of the crease lines 13,the flaps 12 of this blank C being shorter than the corresponding flapsof the other blank C. The sections 15 and 18 have respectively creaselines 21 and 22 concentric with the curved edges and spaced inwardlytherefrom a substantial distance for a purpose which will appear moreclearly hereinafter.

The inner vessel B is formed by folding the sections 11 of the blanks Gand gluing the flaps 12 to the adjacent sections 11 in the usual manner.The sections 15 and 18 form the circular end wall or bottom whichconnects the inner and the outer vessel. The crease lines 21 and 22assist in providing the circular end A with a crimped flange A whichpermits the end to be inwardly spaced from the rim of the outer vessel,as is shown most clearly in Fig. 1. In this form of the device, the endA constitutes the bottom of the receptacle, for it has been found ofadvantage to providereceptacles of this kind with means for maintainingthe bottom of the receptacle out of contact with a table or othersupport upon which the receptacle may be placed, and thus to hold thecontents a suitable distance above the support. It will be understoodthat the sections 15 have the ends provided with glue and have thesections 18 partly overlapping to form a moisture-proof end. The outervessel has the lower edge provided at the inside with glue, so that thecrimped edge or flange A can adhere thereto, as is clearly shown in Fig.1.

I preferably employ a removable end or cover D, fashioned from sheetmetal, stamped or otherwise suitably formed for the purpose, andprovided with concentric annular strengthening ribs D. The end D has alaterally disposed rib or peripheral flange D provided at the edge witha bead Diwhich when the end is in-position in the open extremity of theouter vessel seats against 'the edge of this outer vessel. 7 To hold theend D inposition, I employ a hoop E, preferably" formed froma strip ofmetal, andwhavingnone edge turned'back upon itself to form a peripheralflange or ribE. The purpose of. the latter will ap pear ;more clearlyhereinafter. It is cut away. at one .end of the strip from which thehoop is formed so that'the corresponding end'of the strip can bereceived within the flange at the. other end, as is shown most clearlyin Fig. 5. I employ a securing member F, consisting of a substantiallyrectangular piece of sheet metal, soldered to the hoop at theoverlapping ends to'secure these ends together. I have found inpractice'that after the hoop is jammed in place upon the taperedreceptacle the outer wall tends to swell from moisture or other causesso that the hoop is tightly secured in place and it is extremelydifiicult to slide it toward the extremity of the receptacle to releasethe end or cover D. It is an easy matter, however, to pull off themember F to release the extremities of the hoop and to permit theexpeditious removal thereof. The hoop is thus, in effect, frangible. Theflange or rib E when the hoop is in position coincides in position,substantially, to the junction of the end or cover D with its flange Dand thus serves to force the outer vessel firmly against the edge of thecover D, to form a tight joint and serves to prevent leakage. The hoopacts like a barrel hoop owing to the tapered form of the vessel.

I provide the openend of the inner vessel B with a closure or coverformed from a blank G, consisting of a bottom 23, having at the edgesside sections 24L demarked by crease lines 25. One of the sides 2 1 isintegral with the top 26 demarked by a crease line 27 Two of the sides24 have the ends extended to form tabs 28 and have longi tudinal flaps29 demarked by crease lines 32 and from which are formed by lines ofseverance 30, ears 31. The remaining side 24 has at the edge oppositeits crease line 25 a flap 33 demarked by a crease line 34. The blank isfolded so that a hollow cover H is formed, the tabs 28 being glued orcemented to the adjacent sides, while the flaps 29 and 33 are glued tothe top 26. The ears 31 extend above the cover to permit the easymanipulation thereof, as is shown most clearly in Fig. 6.

In the form of receptacle shown in Fig. 1, I provide a cover retainer35, consisting of a substantially curved wire or the like, havingofl'set ends 36 adapted to be passed through openings in the ears 31,and removably received by sleeves 37 fastened upon the end or bottom A,by means of clips 38. In this form of the receptacle I employ a carrieror bail 39, consisting, for example, of afleXible strip offabric or thelike, having the'ends fastened at opposite sides of the outer-vessel bymeans of suitable clips 40. It will be understood that a carrier of thistype does not interfere-with the stacking or nesting of emptyreceptacles.

In the form of'the device shown in Fig. 6, the end or the cover D.constitutes the bottom of the receptacle while the end wall Aconstitutes the top. The device is otherwise formed in a mannersimilar'to that in which the preferred type of the receptacle isfashioned, the only difference being that the flange'A of the end wall Ais oppositely disposedso that the end A is not inwardly spaced fromthe-rim of the outer vessel butis flush therewith. In this form of thereceptacle the top retaining member 35 can be dispensedwith, as theinner vessel is not inverted and there is therefore no necessity forfirmly securing the cover H in place, it being sufficient if it ismerely forced into the tapered inner vessel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A receptacle, comprising an inner and an outer vessel, said outervessel being of circular cross section and having a removable end, and ahoop encompassing said outer vessel and serving to hold said removableend in position, said hoop having an inwardly disposed rib engaging saidouter vessel around an edge of said end, and compressing said outervessel against'the edge, to cause an air-tight joint to be formedbetween said outer vessel and said end.

2. A receptacle, comprising an inner and an outer vessel, said outervessel being of circular cross section and having a removable end, ametallic hoop encompassing said outer vessel and serving to hold saidremovable end in position, said hoop being frangible.

3. A receptacle, comprising an inner and an outer vessel having aconnecting wall, said inner vessel and said wall being formed fromblanks arranged transversely of one another, and folded to form saidinner vessel and said wall, said outer vessel having a removable end,and a metallic hoop for holding said removable end in position, saidhoop encompassing said outer vessel and having a frangible part.

4. A receptacle, comprising an inner and an outer vessel, one of saidvessels being circular in cross section, the other of said vessels beingangular in cross section, one of said vessels being formed from blanksarranged transversely of one another, the other of said vessels beingformed from a separate blank, said first-mentioned blanks havingsections adapted to be secured to said lastmentioned blank, andconstituting a common Wall of a circular outline for said ves sels, theouter of said vessels having a removable closure at the end oppositesaid common Wall.

5. A receptacle, comprising an inner and an outer vessel, one of saidvessels being circular in cross section, the other of said vessels beingangular in cross section, one of said vessels being formed from blanksarranged transversely of one another, the other of said vessels beingformed from a separate blank, said first-mentioned blanks havingsections adapted to be secured to said last-mentioned blank, andconstituting a common Wall of a circular outline for said vessels, theouter of said vessels having a removable closure at one end, saidsections being partly sectoral in form and overlap ping, and a hoopencompassing said vessel having said removable end, to hold the latterin place.

6. A receptacle, comprising a vessel open end in place.

7. A receptacle, comprising a vessel, a removable end for sa1d vessel,said removable end having a laterally disposed rim, and a hoop carriedby said vessel and having a flange part adapted to engage said vessel ona line corresponding to an edge of said removable end, whereby a tightjoint is formed, said hoop being fashioned from a strip having the endsoverlapping, and'beingprovided with a removable connecting member forsaid overlapping end.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

OSCAR JOHN WEEKS.

Witnesses:

JOHN K. BRAOHVOGEL, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

